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Variation of some characters in different regions of ramie stalk

They were tested some agro-botanical and technological characters in different regions of ramie stalk with the purpose to find easier method of determination of these characters. The study was based on stalks with 99 days old and 150 cm of length obtained from ramie variety "murakami" Boehmeria nivea Gaud.) produced in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The characters studied were: weight-green stalk, dry stalk, dry fibers, - fiber content in green and dry stalk, fineness, and length of fiber. Considering the characters tested the stalk regions differed significantly. For certain characters the average of entire stalk can be replaced by the average of stalk region.


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